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Abstract
This article draws upon novel survey evidence to examine the possible regional impacts of Brexit as a ‘disruptive process’ to manufacturing operations and logistics in the automotive industry, in the context of the regional resilience literature. The current Brexit (and Covid-19) context, along with the sector’s need to re-orientate towards electrification, provides renewed urgency to reconsider industrial policy in spatial terms. The findings have salience not only in the context of anticipating and reacting to Brexit-induced economic shocks at a regional level, but also over the role of decentralized regional bodies. In this regard, the UK government’s agenda of ‘levelling up’ will be challenging, especially in the context of the place-based shocks likely to arise from Brexit as well as the impact of Covid-19. The article concludes that a more place-based regional industrial policy is required both to anticipate and to respond to shocks and also to reposition the sector in the region going forward.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Regional Studies |
Early online date | 8 Jun 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 8 Jun 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords
- Brexit
- resilience
- automotive
- value chains
- devolution
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Environmental Science
- General Social Sciences
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Changing Lanes? Brexit and UK Automotive: Impacts and implications for corporate strategies and industrial policy.
Economic & Social Research Council
1/05/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research Councils